The White Sox will look around and return to their youth movement, now in its third season. If Machado had moved to Chicago, he might've played third base, with Tim Anderson at shortstop and Yoan Moncada at second.

Based on their public-facing quotes, Manny Machado signing elsewhere for a reasonable market rate was not the worst-case scenario for White Sox players. The fact that he signed somewhere at least provides relief from what had been redundant yet...